Category: Food in Fiction
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Buchteln (or Sweet Bread Twists)
“They strolled back to their pension where a meal was awaiting them of wonderful pastries, ivory butter piled thickly on fancy bread twists, and what Mary-Lou called “lashings of coffee and cream”.” (from Theodora and the Chalet School) Sweet bread twists are frequently mentioned in the Chalet School books, either being served to students during…
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Bitter Lemon Gelato
Originally I thought that this wasn’t really a gelato because it has cream in it, but I’ve since looked it up and realised that gelato does indeed usually contain cream/milk fats, just less than what we commonly term “ice-cream”. I have therefore spent my whole life living a lie when it comes to the definition…
o frabjous day! 